President Donald Trump’s anti-immigration policies are the latest threat to the electric vehicle industry, which was already grappling with tariffs and the impending end of EV tax credits.
This month’s massive immigration raid at a giant EV and battery plant in Georgia promises at least a monthslong delay for a project that Republican Gov. Brian Kemp had hailed as an economic boon.
But it also carries symbolic importance for clean energy manufacturers: Led away in chains were South Korean specialists who were essential to standing up the largest factory in state history.
The Hyundai Metaplant, as it’s called, stands outside Savannah. It makes EVs and hybrids for the American market and includes a battery plant that is a joint venture with Korean battery-maker LG Energy Solution.
